Origanum Oil (aromatherapy)

Spanish or Israeli Origanum Oil is a dark brownish-red or grayish-red or purple to dark orange colored liquid, possessing a strong, tar-like, herbaceous, but very refreshing odor. The topnote is slightly green-camphoraceous, herbaceous, and the body is rich, dry-woody, somewhat reminiscent of cade and phenols (“hospital-odor”, “medicinal odor”). On drying out, the odor becomes sweeter, but remains phenolic-dry and woody (as distinguished from the dryout of thyme oil). The flavor is somewhat burning, warm-phenolic (“hospital- like”) with a rich herbaceous undertone. The flavor becomes fairly pleasant only in high dilution.